On 05/06/2012 02:08 AM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* George Olson
[05-05-12 10:37]:
Here are all my kernel rpms that are installed: georgeasus@linux-aw90:~> rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-desktop-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1.x86_64
*must* match the kernel you use, ie 3.1.9-1.4.1.x86_64
kernel-desktop-3.1.9-1.4.1.x86_64
kernel-source-3.1.10-1.9.1.noarch
*must* match the kernel you use, ie 3.1.9-1.4.1.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1.noarch kernel-syms-3.1.10-1.9.1.x86_64 kernel-xen-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1.x86_64 kernel-default-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1.x86_64
I see here that kernel-desktop, which is my active kernel, is different from kernel-desktop-devel and kernel-devel. Is that a problem, or is it supposed to be like that?
It *is* a problem.
I would dl kernel-desktop-3.1.10-1.9.1 reboot to runlevel 3 to use the new 3.1.10 kernel install the nvidia driver, as root sh /<path-to>/Desired-Nvidia-.run switch to runlevel 5
That was it! Thanks to everyone for your help. I have activated desktop effects and it seems to be working now. Just a quick final question about how to verify which driver I am using. When I run the following command, you see in Xorg.0.log what the results are: georgeasus@linux-aw90:/var/log> cat Xorg.0.log | grep drivers [ 241.931] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so [ 242.004] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so [ 242.014] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so [ 242.025] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so [ 242.036] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so [ 242.065] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so Surely I am not using all these drivers all at the same time, but the log says that I loaded them, with nvidia being the last one. I did blacklist the nouveau driver as per the instructions on a previous thread in the forums, by adding nvidia.conf to /etc/modprobe.d/ and putting in the 2 lines: blacklist nouveau options nouveau modeset=0 However, I notice that now after running the installation, the options line has disappeared in that file. So is there a better way to determine which driver I am actually using? -- G.O. Box #1: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.2 | AMD Athlon X3 | 64 | nVidia C61 GeForce 7025 | 4GB RAM Box #2 12.1 | KDE 4.7.2 | Pentium 4 (2core) | 32 | Intel 82915G | 2GB RAM Lap #1: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.2 | Core2 Duo T8100 | 64 | Intel 965GM | 3GB RAM Lap #2: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.2 | Core Duo T2400 | 32 | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120 | 2GB RAM learning openSUSE and loving it -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org